W. H. Auden Quotes

Put the car away; when life fails What's the good of going to Wales? Here am I, here are you: But what does it mean? What are we going to do?

W. H. Auden

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• Put the car away; when life fails What's the good of going to Wales? Here am I, here are you: But what does it mean? What are we going to do?

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Life
  • Good
  • Car